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Digraphs are a reasonable tradeoff to simplify text handling IMO but then, why have Ø? Seems to nullify the whole benefit of the other digraphs and leave behind only the downsides.

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I couldn't think of a good digraph for the "OO" in book. The most available option is "OH", but that might mislead readers into thinking "OH" = the "o" in "over" and not the "oo" in book.

"Ø", then, seems like the best choice. (Also, it's the coolest looking diacritic form of "O")

Just drop all the diacritics and go on and live for live music. Also the removal of diacritics and other fancy letters like o-slash simplifies text processing.

7 bits are enough for everyone.

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